BLOG NET NEWS IS GONE

The Turner Report: Blog Net News bites the dust

I knew it wasn't long for this world when I made the Top 10 two weeks in a row.

RADIO IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH MODERN WOMEN

Last week, All Access reported on a study by the radio consulting firm of Alan Burns and Associates that focused on women's listening habits. The general message from this study was women are heavy radio listeners, yet they say most radio stations don't understand them. They don't know what they are like. I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS!

They want more personalities, more information about the artist, and more new music. That is everything that I have heard people in radio management say that women (and radio listeners in general) don't want.

The things I've heard said about what women listeners make them sound like an ultra-prudish version of Sarah Palin. They don't realize that a female friend of mine, who is 27 years old, is a big fan of Sublime. She and several other female friends of mine love the Pirates of the Caribbean films. Also all my female friends have tattoos. They DO NOT wear Birkenstocks. They DO find Family Guy and Beavis and Butthead funny. These women are not easily offended like so many male radio executives believe. Women want to be entertained. Alan Burns found out these women want radio to be FUN. Burns suggest that if radio doesn't change, the industry could lose a generation of listeners.

Now, how many radio executives and programmers will listen?

I'VE GOT TO RESCUE LINDSAY LOHAN

I will not be blogging for a few days. I've got to go do my patriotic duty and break Lindsay Lohan out of jail. I plan to melt the wall of her jail cell with on of my ray guns. First, I'll have to stop at Walgreens and get some batteries for the ray gun.

FORGET LeBRON - THIS IS THE SPORTS HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Reuters.com has this gem: TIRED GAY SUCCUMBS TO DIX IN 200 METERS.

CONAN O'BRIEN NOMINATED FOR 4 EMMY AWARDS AFTER BEING SCREWED BY NBC

CNN has a story on the Emmy nominations, which were announced today. In an ironic turn of events, "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" was nominated for 4 Emmy awards, even thought NBC replaced him after only seven months with the previous host Jay Leno. This isn't anything new, both Bob Newhart's 1060 variety show and the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour received Emmy awards after being cancelled, but four nominations must be a record.

Conan said "Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien."

Congratulations to Conan, however, I feel David Letterman should receive a special Emmy for all those jokes he has made about George W. Bush and Sarah Palin. If not an Emmy, at least a Congressional Medal of Honor or rename Missouri "Lettermanland."

Of course, opinions, like this one, are why I'm considered the Super Villain of the Ozarks!!! Mwu-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

THE WASHINGTON SQUARES - FOURTH DAY of JULY

One of the great bands I listened to in college and played on the Midnite Snack on KSMU, that you no longer hear on the radio any more. Sad ain't it!

I TOLD UNKNOWN FILMS TO WATCH "PEEPING TOM" AND THEY DID!

I suggested that the fine folks over at Unknown Films watch Michael Powell's 1960 classic psychological horror film Peeping Tom. Not only did they watch it they wrote a nice review of it. Sounds like they liked it too.

Peeping Tom is sort of the British cousin of another popular film from that year, Psycho. Unlike Psycho, Peeping Tom wrecked the career of director Michael Powell, who mostly made family friendly films.